Wilson cuts rectangular mats for picture frames. The area of the mat before it is cut is represented by the function M(x) = 4.5x^2 + 17x + 16. The area that is cut out and removed from the middle of the mat is represented by the function N(x) = x^2 + 6x. If x is the width of the portion of the mat that is cut out, which function best describes A(x), the area of the cut mat?

Amajor grocery store chain is trying to cut down on waste. currently, they get peaches from two different distributors, whole fruits and green grocer. out of a two large shipments, the manager randomly selects items from both suppliers and counts the number of items that are not sell-able due to bruising, disease or other problems. she then makes a confidence interval. is there a significant difference in the quality of the peaches between the two distributors? 95% ci for pw-pg: (0.064, 0.156)